Entrez gene ID | | 5460 |
Official gene symbol | | POU5F1 |
Full name | | POU class 5 homeobox 1 |
Aliases | | ,MGC22487,OCT3,OCT4,OTF-3,OTF3,OTF4,Oct-3,Oct-4, |
Gene summary | | This gene encodes a transcription factor containing a POU homeodomain. This transcription factor plays a role in embryonic development, especially during early embryogenesis, and it is necessary for embryonic stem cell pluripotency. A translocation of this gene with the Ewing's sarcoma gene, t(6;22)(p21;q12), has been linked to tumor formation. Alternative splicing, as well as usage of alternative translation initiation codons, results in multiple isoforms, one of which initiates at a non-AUG (CUG) start codon. Related pseudogenes have been identified on chromosomes 1, 3, 8, 10, and 12. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 6 Locus: 6p21.31 |
Gene position | | 31138451 - 31132114 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 6338 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 164177 |
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